Chapter 17 - Graduation Present
"Draco! Get up! We're going to be late!" Hermione yelled as she threw another pillow at him as she searched hectically through her draws for a clean bra.
Draco just groaned and rolled over, stuffing his face into the pillow as he mumbled something 'un-ethical' towards Hermione.
She finally found her bra and finished getting dressed. As she turned around while buttoning up her blouse she noticed he still wasn't up, "DRACO!"
"WHAT!?" He snapped, his face mostly still stuffed in the pillow.
"DON'T YELL AT ME! GET UP! WE HAVE A TEST AND WE'VE ALREADY MISSED BREAKFAST! WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE!"
He groaned once again, "Cant you just tell them I'm sick or something? I'll do the test another day."
"DRACO! Remember what McGonagall said?"
He just groaned.
She rolled her eyes, "If we skip this our exams this week we wont be allowed to go the senior ball."
"So?"
"So?! It's our last ball! It's our LAST GOD DAMN YEAR! DON'T YOU WANT TO GET AS MUCH OUT OF IT AS POSSIBLE?! CREATE MEMORIES AND WHAT NOT!?"
"What if I don't want to go to the ball?" He sad depressingly.
"What? Why wouldn't you want to go to your last ball?" She was worried with how his was acting.
"Because, who am I going to go with? The girl I want to go with I cant go with because we're a secret and we made a deal, so... no I would rather stay home and mope instead of go to the ball and mope while Pansy tries to talk to me."
Hermione stayed silent for a minute, "But... what if I do go with you?"
This caused Draco to roll onto his back and raise an eyebrow at her, "But what about the others?"
She shrugged, "We'll say it's mandatory for the Head Girl and Head Boy go together." She said with a grin.
"But they'll know it's a lie, other head boys and girls haven't gone together in past years, it wouldn't be compulsory."
She thought for a moment and then a sneaky grin snuck onto her face, "What if we made it compulsory?"
...
"What can I do for you, Miss Granger, Mr Malfoy?" McGonagall asked as she sat across from the two head students.
"Well..." Hermione had come in here confident, she had a speech planned out and everything but all of a sudden her nerves kicked in.
Draco saw her nerves and stepped in, slightly taking her hand for reassurance, McGonagal didn't say anything about this move except the slight twitch of her lips going up, "As you know Hermione and myself have - are together."
"I do recall something along those lines." She answered with a smirk.
"Well, than you also know the house rivallery and my personal issues with Harry and Ron."
"Unfortunately"
"Well, we have decided to keep this a secret. To keep the, for a lack of words, peace."
"This is all very interesting but why are you telling me?"
"Well, the Senior Ball is coming up and we want to go together but..."
"But you can't so you were wondering if I would make it compulsory for the Head Boy and Girl to go together?"
"Yes, if it wouldn't be to much of a problem."
McGonagal sat back in her chair, thinking about the situation, "I have already done a lot for you two; keeping your 'secret,' making sure none of the other students found out about Ms Granger's incident." Hermione slightly cringed and squeezed Draco's hand tighter, "Along with keeping Harry and Ron out of your dorms while she was recovering."
"And I'll forever be grateful" It was Hermione who spoke, tears were pricking her eyes, "But, please, this one last thing... please, professor, we'd be for ever in your debt."
A small smile crept across McGonagall's lips, "Of course, think of this as my graduation present to both of you, it's a bit early, yes, but oh well."
A smile spread across Hermione's face, "Thank you professor! Thank you!"
"No problems, no on your way, I believe you have another exam next session."
"Yes. Again, Thank you!"
Hermione said as she dragged Draco out of the room.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs Hermione swung around and clashed her lips with Draco's. He was caught by surprise and quickly pushed her off, "Hermione! What if someone saw?!"
She had a huge smile on her face, "I don't care, im going to the ball with you and nothing can ruin my mood, not now."
Draco couldn't hold back the smile on his face, "I know, I'm excited too and I can't wait but we have a test and if you kiss me like that again I think we might miss it." He said with a smirk.
Hermione pushed him playfully, "Ok, ok." She quickly looked around and whispered, "You go that way, I'll go this way... yell something at me as you walk away."
"Like what?" A small smirk crept on his lips, "How about, 'I love you legs, especially when their wrapped around my waist when I'm-"
"Draco!"
He slightly chuckled, "Ok, ok. I'll stop and I'll yell something mean at you as you walk away, but it really do hate it when I have to do stuff like that to you." He said slightly moping.
She smiled softly, "As long as you stay away from the M-word I'll know you don't mean it." She quickly kissed his cheek before yelling, "Fuck Off Ferret!" storming off.
"My Father Will Here About This!" Before storming off in the other direction.
Hermione had to hold back her laugh as she heard his comeback; he hasn't said that in years, to anyone and it was hilarious hearing him saying it now.
As he stormed off in the other direction he mentally beat himself up. He hasn't said that in years, for a good reason, he sound pathetic when he says it and today wasn't any different.
...
Dessert had just finished and McGonagall had sent all the students, aside from the seniors, back to their dorms.
"As you all know the Senior Ball is next week, I trust most of the boys have their dress robes and the girls their dresses-"
'Shit! I need a dress!' Hermione mentally started kicking herself for not thinking of it sooner.
"I also hope most of you have your dates, now their will be a new tradition starting this year, it is be compulsory, the Head Boy and Girl must go to the dance together-"
"What!? As in Granger is Malfoy's date and Malfoy is Granger's date?!" screamed Pansy from the Slytherin table.
"Yes, that is exactly what it means and 10 points from Slytherin for interrupting a professor." The whole Slytherin table groaned and a few yelled things like 'Good Going Parkinson!' 'Stupid!' at Pansy. "So I apologize to anyone who planned on asking either Miss Granger or Mr Malfoy to the ball, they are taken and there will be no arguments."
Their was silence in the room for a moment, "Now the theme and decorations are a surprise so on the day of the ball the whole Hall will be closed off as the teachers prepare it for the night. Now, everyone back to your dormitories."
Everyone started to make their way out of the hall when Ron and Harry came running up to Hermione, "I can't believe she's making you go with that Dimwit!"
"Seriously, does she must hate you or something."
Hermione shrugged, "I thought this might be coming, I overheard a bit of gossip of new traditions she wanted to start. Anyway, what's done is done. I just have to deal with that fact that im going to be dancing with that ferret."
"But-"
"Look, I'm really tired and I just want to go to bed, so good night."
She said rushing off in the other direction.
As she closed the door behind her she found Draco lying on the couch with an ice pack on his nose.
"Draco? What happened?!" She asked as she darted to his side.
"Pansy." He growled.
"That bitch! I'll curse her into oblivion for hurting you!"
"Hermione! Calm down, its not that bad, just a little bruised. I'm fine, there's no need to go cursing people." He said slightly amused.
She sighed, "What happened?"
"Pansy jumped me after the meeting, complaining about ma being forced to go with you. She was annoying me, I tried to brush her off but she continued, she said that it wasn't fair she was going to ask me to the ball and that I don't deserve to go with some ... that word." Hermione slightly cringed, "I snapped I yelled at her and told her how annoying she'd been all these years and how I'd prefer to go to the ball with anyone but her and then... she punched me."
She sighed, "You seem to get punched by girls a lot one would think."
He slightly smiled as he remembered third year, "What was it you called me?"
"A foul loathsome evil little cockroach I think it was." She answered sweetly.
"You're hot when your mad, do you know that?"
"I'm always hot." She answered with a smirk.
He slightly laughed but cringed as it hurt to do so.
"Let me see." She said softly as she gently pulled the ice pack away.
She inspected it for a minute before pulling put her wand. With a simple flick he was healed.
She leaned up and kissed him softly, "All better."
He smiled softly and brought her down into another sweet kiss. She got to her feet and held out her hand, "Come on, im tired from all the exams and I want to go to sleep."
"Than go, sleep to your hearts content, I want to finish my book." He said gesturing to the book on the table.
She hated this, she and grown so attached, they had been sleeping in the same bed together for ages, one night, when he got caught back at the Slytherin Dorms by Coyle and Blaise she tried going to sleep bit couldn't. She can't sleep without him next to her, she just CAN'T! and she hated it! "Come on, you can finish it tomorrow, it's late."
Draco slightly hid his smirk, he knew Hermione couldn't fall asleep without him but she didn't know that he knew and he was enjoying every minute of it. "Nah, I think I'll finish it tonight."
"But... please, just come to bed." She wined.
"Why? It seems like you need me for something?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
She rolled her eyes, "You're a dick!" She went to storm off but two arms snaked around her waist and a warm body pressed against her.
"I'll come to bed." Draco said as he placed a soft kiss on her neck, "I know you need me to fall asleep." He gave up that he knew, he didn't really care, he has had his fun.
"I don't NEED you."
"Yes, you do but I don't care, I like it." He placed another kiss on her neck, she could feel him smiling as he did.
She slightly hummed as he kissed her neck once again, "Come on, let's go to bed." He said as he unsnaked his arms and linked their hands together.
They walked up the stairs and into Hermione's - more like their room now - and quickly got changed, they didn't have to do much, Hermione would strip down to her knickers and put on a tee-shirt and all Draco had to do was strip down to his boxers. They both crawled into bed. Hermione scooted over and wrapped her arms around Draco's waist as she rested her head on his chest; Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione, holding her close. He placed a soft kiss on her head, "Good night Granger."
"Good night Malfoy."
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